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PATENT OFFICE.

L. BACON FOSS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DOVER STAMPING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 232,018, dated September '7', 1880.

Application filed August 52, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, L. BACON Foss, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Common-' wealth of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Egg-Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the followin g-described improvement in egg-heaters, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which--- Figure l is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 2, a view, part in side elevation and part in section Fig. 3, a perspeetive'of a portion; Fig. 4, a cross-section on the line .r 00 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a modification in construction.

The invention consists in means for rigidly fastening the frame of an egg-beater to a bowl or other like receptacle in which the egg is beaten, and it embraces a metallic band or frame adapted to fit and to be fastened to the top or rim of the bowl or receptacle, one or more standards fastened to the band or frame and extending upwardly and inwardly therefrom to a point over or nearly over the center of the band, and a clamp or other equivalent device for fastening the egg-beater frame 'to' the standard or standards.

It is the custom, generally, to hold the heater in the dish or howl containing the egg to be beaten by one hand and to revolve the driving gear-wheel by the other, and it is impossible, on account of the shape of the bottom of the vessel and its slippery nature, to always maintain the egg-beater in the center of the dish, and the slipping of the egg-beater from side to side of the dish often causes considerable annoyance and delay. One or two exceptions to this method existnotably the Munroe beater and frame for fastening to a table or bracket, in which case the bowl was held by one hand under the heater and the beater revolved by the other, a rather awkward contrivanee and clumsy way.

My invention entirely obviates the firstnamed difficulty, and is a great improvement on the Munroe construction and method.

A is a metallic band or frame. Preferably it is shaped from a flat strip of tin by having a recess, groove, or corrugation, a, formed therein, and by then bending its ends a outwardly and the remainder to a circular form, bringing the recess, groove, or corrugation upon the inside and the ends nearly together. The recess, groove, or corrugation should be sufficiently wide in cross-section and deep to fit the thickest bowl rim or top, and when so made will always fit rims of less thickness. One end a. of the frame or band is provided with a nut, a soldered or otherwise fastened thereto, and the other end with a hole, a surrounded by a collar soldered thereon, through which and the nut a locking thumb-screw, passes.

The two ends may be separated by a space suificiently great to permit of the adjustment of the band or frame to bowls of varying diameters. One or more standards, 13, are riveted or -otherwise fastened to the band or frame, and project upwardly and inwardly therefrom, and support the clamp C and the frame D of the egg-beater.

As one or even two standards would be insufficient to properly support the bowl, unless made very stiff and quite heavy, I prefer to employ three, and to make them of wire, to arrange them in relation to the band or frame A and to each other, to shape them, and to bring them together with their upper portions vertical and in line, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the vertical parts are united by solder or tinninp'.

The clamp C I prefer to make detachable from the upper end or ends of the standards, (although I may fasten it thereto permanently without departing from the spirit of myinvention,) as I desire that the band or frame and standards be without any unnecessary projection, in order that they may be washed easily. The clamp has a chamber, 0, of a width correspondin g to that of the standard or standards, and a groove, 0, near the end of one side, into which one edge of the beater-frame fits, and a shoulder, 0 on the other, against which the side of the frame along the other edge contacts, and a clamp-screw, c, for locking the frame to the standard or standards. Then the clamp is detachable the screw should be 2 seams beater-frame, so as to press it and the standard or standards firmly together.

The egg-beater frame D, preferably, should be curved outwardly to form the boss 01,110 which the driving-wheel d is pivoted, thereby placing the wheel properly in relation to the standard and rendering unnecessary the long stud which would hax e to be used for supportin g the drivin g-wheel if the fram e were straight. The portion of the frame D above the boss should be on the same axial line with the part below, and the frame should be provided with a handle, d

Although I would recommend the use of the Dover beater, so called, as itis the bestin use, in connection with the devices described, yet I do not confine myself to it, but may employ any other beater of suitable construction.

The vertical part of the standard or standards is of sufficient length to provide for the vertical adjustment of the clamp and beater in relation to the band or frame A, and this feature is quite essential, as bowls vary greatly in depth, and it is necessary for good egg-beating to place and revolve the floats or blades of the beater as near the bottom of the bowl as possible without touching it.

Instead of getting this adjustment. in this manner, the portion of the frame D above the boss may be lengthened, in which case the clamp may be permanently fastened to the standard or standards, and the egg beater frame moved vertically in relation thereto in adjusting the floats or blades of the beater relatively to the bottom of the bowl.

In lieu of the band or frame A, a cover having a corrugation of a width and depth to fit a bowl-top snugly may be used, and for adjustability the cover may be provided with concentric corrugations; and in lieu of one ormore standards, a cone orother shaped cover and support, open upon one side, made of tin or other suitable material adapted to support the beater, and shaped to be fastened to the bowl as the frame A is shaped and fastened, may be used.

Instead of the clamp described for fastening the egg-beater to the standard or standards, any other suitable clamping or fastening device answering the purpose may be used, or the frame D may be directly secured to the standard or standards.

In place of the fastening devices described for locking the band or frame, the construction shown in Fig. 5 may be used, in which case the ends of the bands, instead of being bent outwardly, are overlapped and one end has a long slot, the other end a screw which extends through the slot, and a clamping-nut by which the two ends are fastened together.

Any other means, however, for locking the band or frame on the rim of the bowl may be used, but I deem best those that act to draw the two ends of the frame together.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination of a band or frame adapted to be fastened to or supported by a bowl or other dish with one or more standards for supporting the frame of an egg-beater in a vertical position within the circumference of the band or frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a band or frame adapted to be fastened to or supported by a bowl or other dish, one or more standards for supporting the frame of an egg-beater in a vertical position within the circumference of the band or frame, the egg-beater, and means for locking the egg-beater frame to the stand ard or standards, substantially as described.

3. An egg-beater provided with means, substantially as described, whereby it is adapted to be fastened to or supported by a bowl or dish. 7

4. An egg-beater provided with an adjustable metallic band or frame adapted to be locked to the rim of a bowl or other dish and to support the beater therein.

5. An egg-beater provided with a metallic band or frame adapted to be locked to the rim of a bowl or dish and to support the beater therein, having a groove, corrugation, or recess, a, substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. An egg-beater provided with an adjust able metallic band or frame, adapted to be locked to the rim of a bowl or other dish and to support the beater therein, and connecting mechanism, whereby the egg-beater may be adjusted vertically in relation to the band or frame and bottom of the bowl or dish.

7. The combination ofthe standard or standards B, the clamp G, and the frame D, of an egg-beater, substantially as described.

8. A clamp for fastening an egg-beater frame to a standard or standards, having the groove 0 and the clamp-screw 0 substantially as and for the purposes described.

9. An egg-beater frame provided with a boss, cl, formed thereon, as and for the purpose described.

L. BAOON FOSS.

Witnesses:

ALVA L. HOLLANDER, (J. W. OURRIER.

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